Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables
by snarf21 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @05:01PM
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I agree with you and it is usually down-voted. We humans are way too selfish of a species to live sustainably with 9 billion. We really just need fewer people for sustainability. This is why I don't understand the plan to go to Mars. We have near unlimited resources here that we continually mismanage. How would we survive on a planet with almost none?
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Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables
by kyleee on Thursday October 21, 2021 @06:03PM
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well harsh conditions breed ingenuity so it's probably a good offshoot and backup plan for human civilization.
Outside of anthropogenic climate change we know earth and humans can suffer catastrophes and extinction events from many other sources, so it's very wise to have redundancy.
I think your comment also brings up the "weak men create hard times" quote; part of the reason why many in the developed world seem to be floundering is probably due to our unprecendented safety and comfort
Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables
by ClumsyPilot on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:46PM
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"I think your comment also brings up the "weak men create hard times" quote;"
This is a very silly quote that has been produced by a writer, there is no evidence for it and it was debunked hundreds of times. No self-respecting social scientist, economist or learned man of any kind would repeat it while sober.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/02/hard-times-dont-make-st...